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that's gore for weight weenies holy shit.. i always welcome competition but that weight and the 1x only made me lose all interest. tracevelo has one though, groupset news are always exciting
I wouldn't say the weight is really an issue. The SRAM Red XPLR derailleur weighs 375 g without the battery (battery weight 25g), Force is 419 g without the battery, while Shimano XTR is 390 g and XT is 450 g, both with the battery.Even if Shimano moves to 2x13, I don't think there's much more weight to be saved on the rear derailleur. At this point, the limitations are probably more physical than something you can overcome by just adding a few more cutouts here and there. So if you really want to save weight, you'd probably have to stick with 2x11 or 2x12. I just can't see the derailleur getting significantly lighter from here, apart from custom builds where individual parts are replaced with carbon.So for road, at least, I'll probably stick with 2x12, while for gravel I'll go 1x. From the looks of it, the RD weighs 396 g (the battery is 41 g), although it's not clear whether the 396 g includes the battery. Either way, it seems pretty comparable to the big two.And as long as they offer a cage option that supports 10-52T and 3-14 gears, this could at least be an endgame groupset for me. It would tick pretty much all the boxes I'm looking for: 10-14 speeds, type-c charging, mineral oil, and SRAM's new E1 brake logic.As long as it works reliably, it seems like a perfectly viable option to me.
